Re: simple talking clock / reminder for when monitor is off and it is dark

2022-03-22 Thread Samuel Wales
thanks very much to all. i almst missed this as it didn't show uyp in my inbox. it sounds like there exist things that say the time or can be made to. then i can use cron to run it or at for a one-off. i have beep turned off [and currently pulseaudio purged] but videos play sound with no problem

Re: To all candidates: Debian and people with disabilities

2022-03-22 Thread Devin Prater
Yeah, right now there is a device being tested, the NLS EReader. This is a braille display that the National Library Service for the Blind in the US is having companies develop so that they can then distribute them, for free, to their patrons. Two versions are being tested, one from the Humanware m

Re: simple talking clock / reminder for when monitor is off and it is dark

2022-03-22 Thread Will Mengarini
* Samuel Wales [22-03/20=Su 23:03 -0700]: > [...] i want debian to tell me the time at certain times. Nobody has yet mentioned the festival package, which is a full text-to-speech system. Once you have that installed, you can use cron or at jobs to speak whatever you want at specific times.

Re: simple talking clock / reminder for when monitor is off and it is dark

2022-03-22 Thread Geoff Shang
On Sun, 20 Mar 2022, Samuel Wales wrote: i want debian to tell me the time at certain times. for example tonight i have to take medicine at 2:40 am. I second the suggestions of at and cron. If you want a one-off reminder, use at. If you want a regular reminder use cron. Cron has a lot of f

Request for help on braille and speech on virtual console

2022-03-22 Thread Jim Armantage
Hello, I am blind and have just loaded debian 11 on one of my machines. I am having trouble with speech and braille on a virtual console. The braille is active. I am having trouble getting contracted braille running. It seems to be stuck on computer braille. Could you help me get contracted. braill

Re: To all candidates: Debian and people with disabilities

2022-03-22 Thread Samuel Thibault
Jean-Philippe MENGUAL, le mar. 22 mars 2022 11:51:43 +0100, a ecrit: > If it adds a driver for your device, indeed, a backport is a good > idea. Note that sometimes supporting a new device does not actually require a completely new driver, only a small addition to recognize the USB device. That ca

Re: To all candidates: Debian and people with disabilities

2022-03-22 Thread Devin Prater
So, the Terminal issue was fixed some time ago, so we don't have to worry about that. That was just an example of a bug which *has* happened before. I'm sorry I wasn't clear enough. Devin Prater r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com On Tue, Mar 22, 2022 at 5:52 AM Jean-Philippe MENGUAL wrote: > > Le 22/03/2

Re: To all candidates: Debian and people with disabilities

2022-03-22 Thread Jean-Philippe MENGUAL
Le 22/03/2022 à 04:10, Devin Prater a écrit : Thanks. I tried to think of good, useful questions to spark discussion, but I don't know much about the structure of Debian or its project leaders. I do think, though, that if the project leader keeps accessibility in mind, this will filter down t

Re: To all candidates: Debian and people with disabilities

2022-03-22 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello, Devin Prater, le lun. 21 mars 2022 22:10:15 -0500, a ecrit: > As far as backports, my problem is enabling it. Normal desktop users probably > won't even know what that is, and the syntax is rather ugly, to me at least. Ok, that's one point that could be worked on: creating an easy way to e